I am Kostantia from Greece. I started studying in the university of Fine Arts, years ago. A lot of hard things in life forced me to discontinue my studies. I never stopped being in love with art and now I am back and want to start learning again…
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I took your previous advice on how to shade with chalk pencil. I had to expose quite a bit of the chalk to sharpen it into a lasting point.
I decided not to smudge the marks.
The drawing I included is a copy of Masaccio’s St Paul…
I tried very hard to not fail doing this study of a human body according to the book Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogart.
I liked the result. I hope you do to…
Hello Vladimir, Thank you for the excellent video lessons. I very much enjoy them. You mention that the ellipse (representing a circle in perspective) is distorted, with its front portion larger than the back portion, so that it becomes an oval with only one axis of symmetry. I think, a circle always appears as an ellipse from a linear perspective. While it is true that the closer half of the circle is larger in perspective, the resulting shape that we see is still a perfect ellipse. However, the horizontal line that bisects the circle does not intersect the ellipse at its widest point…
I’ve been drawing since a very small age. Ever since I can remember.
I believe it was my mother, a very talented seamstress, who inspired me to draw. i remember being so small barely looking over the table and watching her as she was sketching out the models wearing the wedding dresses she designed. While all the kids in my neighborhood were outside playing I was drawing in my sketchbook. This the only place I could feel safe and confident.
At first I did a lot of fantasy drawings making up stories. Then I started drawing my favorite cartoon characters Batman and Superman. At the age of 14 I took a chance and drew my uncle and cousin while they sat in front of me. Somehow I had enough courage and I was certain I could do a good job…
Artwork by Scott, Drawing Academy student Graphite pencil on paper
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I’m from Medellín, Colombia, I´m 46 years old and I love painting, drawing and digital painting too. I’m electrical Engineer for devotion and enthusiast artist for passion…
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Finally, I found your site, a place where I could learn the method from the Old Masters! The concept from copying from the masters is not new to me, but it seems that your course is well organized. Otherwise I feel like it will take more time for me to learn to draw and to paint well (the way it should be)…
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (also known as Raphael) was born during the year 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He grew up with a strong talent for the arts, but no one could have predicted that one day pope Julius II would send Raphael an invitation to the Vatican. The invitation was sent to hire Raphael for a commission; this commission would have Raphael paint “… the perfect embodiment of the classical spirit of the High Renaissance”: The School of Athens.
Painted between the years of 1509 to 1511, The School of Athens is one of the most famous fresco paintings ever done by Raphael. It was one masterpiece of many done in the Apostolic Palace by Raphael. There are many reasons why this painting catches the attention of everyone who lays their eyes upon it…
Dear Drawing Academy tutors,
I have some troubles with drawing a human head. It is OK when I copy a drawing, but when it comes to draw portraits from memory or imagination, I’m lost.
Can you please advise what to do? …
